Nickname: MC181Racer

Review: First, I have kayaked the Little Wings and most leaving comments have not. It does what is says. Speed is comparable to an Epic. No one is claiming it is the fastest, just that it is among the "fast" kayaks produced. Seconds, Sea Kayaker magazine uses 150 lb paddler as one of it's standard measures for ALL KAYAK REVIEWS it does. It also does another weight and also with and without a 100 lbs of added gear. Who paddles with 100 lbs. of gear anyway. And I weight 165 lbs and if I was racing kayaks, I would lose about 15. I used to race motorcycles at 140 lbs. 150 lb paddler is not realistic and I am sure there are many woman paddlers who are offended they don't use a 110 lb paddler as standard. Bill Mt. Pleasant, SC

Date reviewed: May 8, 2008 3:17 PM

Nickname: paddle Doc

Review: I have actually paddled the little wing several times as I work at Salem Hospital in the same Seaside city as the factory. I have gone down to demo the kayaks both the 16 and 14 footers and have found them to be very fast especially when the water gets choppy as it does in the harbor. we actually have to carry them down to the docks and it is a good thing they are the lightest kayaks I have demo-ed as I can easily carry them on one shoulder. I have made a habit of stopping by the factory to see the new boats coming out as they are doing car quality paint jobs on them and I have seen some stunning jobs, especially a color shifting paint that really caught the eye. You really have to take one out to understand the way the design works and you will probably see me there mooching free demos until my Wife lets me buy one.

Date reviewed: Jul 9, 2007 1:10 AM

Nickname: Nanuk

Review: The Little Wing is a very, very expensive concept craft promoted as a design with "the speed of a racing kayak" with the stability of a good touring kayak (the wings are sponsons). Despite their efforts to convince, it's clear to me their limited data (based on an unrealistic 150-pound load to reduce wetted surface) doesn't hold up. All the pics I've seen of the LW in the water show the "wings" engaging in even modest conditions. I'll buy the stability, but there's no way on God's green earth this design will be very fast. Truth is it has a lot of wetted surface.

Date reviewed: Feb 15, 2007 6:51 AM

Nickname: jack fu

Review: Many thanks to the maker.I learn a lot from the pictures because I am going to start a kayak factory.Some one could offer me more imformation about the technology of kayak or designing? I am from China. Kayak is a totally new products here.If some one want to cooperate with me or help me, please contact with me with the address: fuzhengyun@126.com. Thank you.

Date reviewed: Oct 15, 2006 3:14 AM

Nickname: Tim

Review: the foil is the Fastest Human powered....any goofball can stick an engine on something to make it faster, but then it is the engine doing the work, isn't it, not the person. Maybe I will put an engine on a wooden door and see how fast I can go!

Date reviewed: Oct 13, 2006 1:04 PM

Nickname: OKJeff

Review: If you look at the slide show, the hull is shown, it looks like fore and aft the "wings" that add stability, are like the wings on my OK15 SOT, very stable, and not too fast, but it's a fishing kayak, not a racer. Would make a great tourer or fishing platform.

Date reviewed: Sep 12, 2006 11:58 PM

Nickname: idear

Review: The Jetkyak (www.jetkayak.co.uk) is as cool as a zebra in a jockeyclub! The worst of a jet-sky added to the worst of a kayak.

Date reviewed: Sep 5, 2006 8:25 PM

Nickname: Dani

Review: www.foilkayak.com/ is no where near the fastest nor is the one in the article--this has to be the fastest kayak in the world check it out: www.jetkayak.co.uk

Date reviewed: Aug 25, 2006 2:25 PM

Nickname: Posby

Review: That trip probably would have gone more smoothly if someone had shown the author how you use a rudder in a kayak. That thing's not a sailboat, son... Still, sounds like a fun boat, but when I read "for added stability" I thought "neither fast nor maneuverable."

Date reviewed: Aug 14, 2006 4:08 PM

Nickname: Engineer

Review: I don't know a lot about kayaks, but I do know something about hydrofoils and I doubt very much that the foilkayak will ever work. For more information on such craft take a look at http://lancet.mit.edu/decavitator/

Date reviewed: Aug 14, 2006 1:54 PM